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Weepah
Basic information Name: Weepah
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2013
Country: United States
Mass:help 422 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11372 approved meteorites (plus 22 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 29 Jan 2023
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Writeup from MB 112:

Weepah        37.925°N, 117.561°W

Nevada, United States

Find: 2013 April 10

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5)

History: Found by Sonny Clary near Weepah ghost town, Nevada on April 10, 2013.

Physical characteristics: A single orange-brown stone (422 g) with some remnant patches of black fusion crust.

Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and J. Boesenberg, BrownU) Sparse, relatively small chondrules containing devitrified glass are set in a recrystallized matrix containing altered kamacite, troilite, chromite, augite, plagioclase and chlorapatite.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa19.5±1.1, range Fa18.6-21.2, N = 7), low-Ca pyroxene (Fs16.6±0.4Wo1.3±0.1, range Fs16.1-17.1Wo1.2-1.4, N = 6).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5).

Specimens: 29.7 g plus one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. R. Clary.

Data from:
  MB112
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Nevada
Date:2013 April 10
Latitude:37.925°N
Longitude:117.561°W
Mass (g):422
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):19.5±1.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.6±0.4
Wollastonite (mol%):1.3±0.1
Classifier:A. Irving, UWS, and J. Boesenberg, BrownU
Type spec mass (g):29.7
Type spec location:UWB
Main mass:R. Clary
Finder:R. Clary
Comments:Work name SC22-3; submitted by A. Irving
Institutions
   and collections		 UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
UWB: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 9 Oct 2023)
Clary: Ralph "Sonny" Clary, Las Vegas, NV 89131 , United States; Website (private address; updated 3 Jan 2010)
BrownU: Joseph Boesenberg Brown University Dept of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences (DEEPS) 324 Brook Street Providence, RI 02912 , United States (institutional address; updated 26 Oct 2023)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 112, in preparation (2023)
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (37° 55' 30"N, 117° 33' 40"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 181 approved meteorites from Nevada, United States (plus 4 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 1919 approved meteorites from United States (plus 867 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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